PanacheIndia Competitors

Shoppers Stop is one of the pioneers of modern retailing in India. Launched in 1991, Shoppers Stop was the first department store in the country that revolutionized the way modern India shopped. Today, with 81 stores across 37 cities and a growing online presence at www.shoppersstop.com, Shoppers Stop is one of India’s largest and most respected fashion retailers. We are the only Indian retailer with a distinct bridge-to-luxury positioning. Shoppers Stop offers more than 400 of the finest international and national brands across categories. International brands such as CK Jeans, Tommy Hilfiger, Gas, United Colors of Benetton, French Connection, Vero Moda, ONLY, Jack & Jones, Kenneth Cole etc. line our shelves. Moreover, we have exclusive and non-exclusive retail arrangements with a host of international brands such as Estée Lauder Group (Including Estée Laude, M.A.C, Clinique, Bobbi Brown), Spanish fashion brand Desigual, Bay Island and many more. Shoppers Stop also has a very strong private brand portfolio which, along with our array of exclusive brands, comprises almost 15% of the overall merchandise mix. These iconic private brands are - Stop, Kashish, Life, Haute Curry and Vettorio Fratini. To engage and delight our many loyal customers, Shoppers Stop has designed the award winning Loyalty Programme ‘First Citizen’. Shoppers Stop is the only Indian member of IGDS (Intercontinental Group of Departmental stores) along with 29 other International Department Stores from all over the world.

BIBA is the most loved ethnic fashion brand in India. Biba Apparels Private Limited (“Biba”), the Indian fashion giant, stands true to its name. The brand has been dressing and embellishing demure maidens from every corner of India since 1986. Contemporary ethnic fashion at affordable price is Biba’s commitment to fashion enthusiasts. The word “biba” is a Punjabi endearment for a young and pretty girl. It implies sublime qualities, compelling Mrs. Meena Bindra, the founder of Biba, to use the name for the line of salwar, kameez, and dupattas that she launched in 1986. What began as a fashionable and affordable line remains the brand’s ethos today: fashion at affordable price. In time, new range collections were introduced. Today, the mix-and-match range has a very contemporary sensibility, and the salwar-kameez range is very ethnic, defined by an Indian crafted look, hand-block prints, and vegetable dyes. Indian handlooms with traditional embroideries and other techniques are applied in producing the garments. Unstitched suits and a festive collection for two-to-12-year-old girls cater to the full demands of a woman. Biba pioneered Bollywood merchandising in India by providing costumes for Na Tum Jano Na Hum in 2004. It covered ten more projects, including blockbusters such as Devdas, Hulchul, and Baghban. With BIBA, always expect a truly unique, wow-inspiring ethnic experience!

In 1958, well before American companies were sourcing from India, John Bissell left his position as a buyer for Macy’s New York to work as a consultant for the Ford Foundation in order to develop India’s export potential in its emerging textile industry. What Bissell discovered was a village-based industry with a profusion of skills hidden from the world. Determined to showcase Indian handloom textiles while providing equitable employment to traditional artisans, Bissell established Fabindia in 1960 in order to fuse the best aspects of East/West collaboration. Fifteen years later the first Fabindia retail store was opened in Greater Kailash, New Delhi with a range of upholstery fabrics, durries and home linens. By the early eighties, we started producing garments made from hand woven and hand block printed fabrics. Over the years the focus of Fabindia's marketing shifted from exports to the local Indian retail market. What started as an export house has today become a successful retail business presenting Indian textiles in a variety of natural fibers, and home products including furniture, lights and lamps, stationery, home accessories, pottery and cutlery. Extending this partnership to the farmers in rural areas, Fabindia launched its organic food products range in 2004. Fabindia Sana, the company’s authentic bodycare products range is also being launched at all Fabindia outlets. Fabindia sources its products from over 15000 craft persons and artisans across India. We support the craft traditions of India by providing a market and thereby encourage and sustain rural employment. Today we have retail outlets in all major cities of India - 217 last count - in addition to 11 international stores .